Sölvesborgs Län
The administrative region of Sölvesborgs län, with the town of Sölvesborg as the capital, was formed in the late 14th centuryLiedgren, 1969 and lasted until the Danish king Christian IV decided on a new town - Kristianstad after the burning of the old town Vä Vä is a former town in Scania, now a village in the municipality of Kristianstad in Sweden, ca 5 km south west of the town of Kristianstad. History The name stems from the old Danish word ''væ'', meaning "cult place or holy ground". Vä .... References Former states and territories of Denmark Historical geography of Sweden Blekinge {{Denmark-hist-stub ...
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Sölvesborg
Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''city''. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities. History of the city As the water from the Baltic Ice Lake withdrew, the land around present-day Sölvesborg became accessible to settlers from what today is Denmark. The first people to settle were farmers; remains of their presence have been found in the area dating back to the Stone Age, mostly in the area around Gammalstorp, Siretorp and Istaby. The hill in the east, marking the border towards Karlshamn called Ryssberget, was a direct creation of the glacial movements. On the western side of the hill, the different times of ice withdrawal are clearly noticeable. The old, now drained lake of Vesan was also a product of t ...
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